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It is fair comment that race car drivers took a casual attitude to safety in the sixties but racesuits were primitive or unavailable - see Nomex which wasn't tested until 1965. The death of drivers in fiery crashes, notably those of Fireball Roberts at Charlotte, and Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald at Indianapolis, all in 1964, meant something had to be done. There is a long list of drivers who died due to fire - too long to document. Sadly some of them long after better equipment was available but not mandated. Somebody had to die before helmets, roll bars, safety belts, fuel cells, firesuits, HANS devices etc were developed. There is always a faction in racing that says it is about taking risks and safety campaigners are wimps. Rupertlt (talk) 17:48, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
